Juventus lawyers assure they have ‘various reasons to go back to battling in front of the Federal Court of Appeal’ after a new hearing was set for May 22.
The Bianconeri received news on two fronts today, as the accusation of artificially inflating transfer fees to boost capital gains is being litigated both in the sporting justice system and the civil courts.
According to news agency ANSA, the date of May 22 has been set for the new hearing at the Federal Court of Appeal, which will decide whether to reduce the 15-point penalty after a Collegio di Garanzia ruling.
“We put it in the agenda and will now begin working on the presentation for the defence that we must deposit by May 17,” lawyer Maurizio Bellacosa told reporters.
“We are not convinced by quite a few arguments, so we have various reasons to go back to battling in front of the Federal Court of Appeal.”
It is considered likely that the penalty will be reduced from 15 points to nine, but the Collegio di Garanzia ruling effectively confirmed Juventus were guilty of financial irregularities aimed at affecting sporting results.
Meanwhile, today the preliminary hearing judge in Turin confirmed the decision over which region has jurisdiction over the civil case around the Prisma investigation must be made by the Cassazione supreme court.
It means the next preliminary hearing won’t be until October 26.
“We expected this, having offered the same argument that we had already formulated in November, so we asked that the matter be examined by the judicial authorities in Milan or Rome.
“The judge considered the matter a serious one and in a very reasonable way put the question to the Cassazione.”